Trump and Bolton have disagreed over policy decisions about negotiations with Taliban and ending Afghanistan. ..…

At Pentagon, Jonathan Hoffman declined Monday to comment on the outlook for the administration's plan to reduce U.S troop level Afghanistan to 8,600.. After the attacks, U.S ousted Taliban, which had ruled Afghanistan with version of Islamic law from 1996 to 2000.. ..…

Trump canceled secret meetings with Taliban leaders and, separately, Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani. The president called off the talks after Taliban claimed responsibility for recent attack Afghanistan that killed U.S and 11 others. ..…

At the time, many within U.S apparatus see the withdrawal of U.S forces as tantamount to turning Afghanistan over to Taliban. Taliban praised those attacks at the time and provided Afghanistan for al-Qaida, the organization that launched them. ..…

President Donald Trump's decision to cancel peace negotiations with Taliban has thrown the uncertainty of U.S Afghanistan into stark relief and raised questions about the commitment to his own avowed mission to bring troops home from costly engagements overseas.. ... He reiterated..…

In July, the United Nations reported that, in the first half of 2019, Afghan and U.S. forces were responsible for killing more civilians than the Taliban. . When Trump announced in December 2018 that he would withdraw about half of the U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Syria, Harris found fault..…

Ghani insists September 28 election go ahead, even as the US seemed to be more interested in signing deal with Taliban and committing to immediate intra- Afghan talks on the country's political future.. Today more European Union's mission to Afghanistan said.. Taliban have..…

Most recently, Bolton had advised the president against meeting he had planned with Taliban at Camp David to complete negotiations to end Afghanistan. ..…